1.   All of this has resulted in waning interest reflected by the small turnout of fans throughout the month-long preparations and by the empty hotel rooms around town.

2.   But a GAO study published in April said low payments are just one of many reasons for the waning interest among HMOs in the Medicare business.

3.   But the waning interest is more noticeable in the suburbs, where people depend on their cars for transportation and risk severe drunken driving penalties if they drink.

4.   Clearly, observers said, the O.J. Simpson trial goes a long way in explaining the waning interest in the Fleiss story.

5.   He admits that he, too, sensed a waning interest from Dean.

6.   His Quidditch success was assisted by a waning interest in basketball when that game rose too far above the rim.

7.   In addition to waning interest in nature products, Nature Co. has suffered from an onslaught of competition.

8.   Indeed, the Postal Service says there is no sign of waning interest in the services they provide.

9.   Moreover, some of their share declines have come on relatively light volume, another sign of waning interest in small biotech firms.

10.   Secretary of State William F. Galvin of Brighton has also witnessed the waning interest in city politics.